Anyone know if the courts at Artois are slower or faster than Wimbledon courts?

Question

Anyone know if the courts at Artois are slower or faster than Wimbledon courts?

Answer 1

I could only go with my naked eye here. The ball appeared to be skidding through faster than what I saw in Wimbledon last year. So yes, it does appear faster.

Answer 2

I agree with terminator above, the Queen's Club courts are probably faster than Wimbledon's.  That's probably one of the reasons why roddick has won there 4 times, along with the fact that Federer doesn't play that event.

Answer 3

I believe Queen's Club is faster as they still use the old 70-80% Rye/20-30% Creeping Red Fescue that Wimbledon used to.  In 2001, Wimbledon switched to 100% Perennial Rye and a harder packed soil so that the lawns could withstand the rigors of the "modern game"; (read: the increasing number of players who themselves refuse to adapt to the characteristics of grass courts by staying back and retrieving rather than moving forward.)

Answer 4

If I were to venture a guess I would say a tad bit faster since Wimbledon has tried to slow their courts down somemore even after hybriding the grass seed a few years back. I doubt that Artois would have gone through all the trouble.

Answer 5

Why you asking? you afraid Roddick will loose to Nadal at Wimbledon too? so am I. As is is right now, the Artois courts are a bit faster but as Wimbledon goes on, the courts get faster and faster. so I think before they rich the semis, they will be faster than the Artois courts so Roddick has a better chance of defeating Nadal at Wimbledon. Hope this helps!!!